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MORGAN v. GARRIS

No. 2647.

167 A.2d 794 (1961)

Mark W. MORGAN, an infant, by Herbert N. Morgan, his Father and next friend, Appellant, v. James E. GARRIS and Newcomb-Jones Realty, Inc., Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 8, 1961.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace McGregor, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Frank J. Martell, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher and William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellees were the owner and real estate agent of premises on which appellant, an occupant, sustained personal injuries as a result of a fall from a stairway. In this suit for damages, appellant, through his father as next friend, charged appellees with negligently maintaining the stairway by failure to install an adequate railing. After depositions were taken, the court granted summary judgment against appellant and this appeal followed.<...

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